"You're standing too close."
Xiao Xiao explained on Feifei's behalf.
Ordinary people—no, almost all living things—would instinctively feel some resistance toward a stranger who suddenly came too close. Those who reacted quickly might even show signs of aggression.
Feifei meant no harm.
It was just a reflex.
"Oh, okay."
The gray-haired monster replied casually.
It didn't mind the other party's slight hostility.
Of course.
If the other party were stronger than it and showed a lot of hostility, then it would mind.
After all, it wasn't so careless about its own life.
But as long as its life wasn't in danger, it was still willing to follow its interests.
If it found something interesting, then it was happy, no matter how the other party felt.
The boy blinked.
Only after everything was over did he realize what had just happened.
Huh?
Master Xiao's fox was amazing.
The boy looked astonished.
Because of A Jiu, he had also assumed Feifei was a fox.
He'd been surprised that Master Xiao had brought two foxes with him.
But he'd met Master Xiao because of the maple leaves, because of Ya Ya.
His attention was all on the maple leaves and Ya Ya.
He'd only been surprised by the two foxes for a moment, then hadn't given them much thought.
As for the red markings on one of them...
He'd noticed them, of course.
He thought Master Xiao had specially had one of the little foxes groomed that way to tell them apart.
Like poodles that came in all sorts of colors.
He thought it looked pretty good.
He'd seen plenty of pets that had been groomed.
Most of them didn't suit his taste.
But he thought Master Xiao's little fox, with its red markings, looked quite pleasing.
The markings made the